Location
Marjorie Barrick Museum Auditorium
Start Date
28-2-2012 7:30 AM
End Date
28-2-2012 5:00 PM
Description
What is curiosity – driven research and why do we support it?
Vannevar Bush Science The Endless Frontier (1945)
“Science is the pacemaker of technological progress … New productsand new processes do not appear full-grown. They are founded on newprinciples and new conceptions, which in turn are painstakingly developedby research in the purest realms of science“
•Magnetic Resonance Imaging
•Positron Emission Tomography
•Laser applications
•GPS
•Nano Technology
Disciplines
Geographic Information Sciences | Geography | Nanotechnology Fabrication | Science and Technology Studies
Language
English
Included in
Geographic Information Sciences Commons, Nanotechnology Fabrication Commons, Science and Technology Studies Commons
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Marjorie Barrick Museum Auditorium
What is curiosity – driven research and why do we support it?
Vannevar Bush Science The Endless Frontier (1945)
“Science is the pacemaker of technological progress … New productsand new processes do not appear full-grown. They are founded on newprinciples and new conceptions, which in turn are painstakingly developedby research in the purest realms of science“
•Magnetic Resonance Imaging
•Positron Emission Tomography
•Laser applications
•GPS
•Nano Technology
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